https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53226327
Just watching this on the news. The guy is doing the old and feeble thing. He is pleading guilty to avoid the death penalty. I should watch the HBO series based on Michelle McNamara's book who died before he was arrested.
I enjoyed this documentary series which came out shortly after his arrest.
https://moviechat.org/tt8810506
he stopped killed in the 1980s - i wonder why?
shareIts not that uncommon for serial killers to suddenly stop. It is theorized that the 5 year pause between 81 and 86 was because one of the victims of the 81 attack had fought back and perhaps scared off DeAngelo from re-offending. The 86 attack may have simply been purely a crime of opportunity while he was in "retirement".
shareThe first two episodes of this series are on again tonight, starting at 8PM on HLN Network, if you can get that.
EDIT: The synopsis in my lineup was a bit misleading & confusing. It actually appears to be the last two episodes, beginning with the DNA technology that finally nailed him.
He committed dozens of sex crimes and murders, he was easily as bad as Bundy but at least this way we are done with the freak forever
sharethe defense lawyers looked like they didn't want to be there.
shareI imagine they didn't!
Imagine trying to defend a creature that was responsible for a decades long series of rapes and murder sprees?
How do you go home and kiss your wife and kids after defending a guy that makes Hannibal Lecter seem charming?
This is what I don't get. Executing a person who won't plead guilty might lead to an innocent person being executed.
I guess I just have to be glad that we don't have the death penalty anymore in Sweden, and we didn't have an execution after 1910.
I’m going to listen to an audio book when I get back to work. Crazy stuff
shareJust finished watching the True Crime Daily report on him:
https://youtu.be/lE5RnjcSrf4
If anyone's interested
"...to avoid the death penalty."
How was this even any kind of leverage in this case, at his age, to begin with? He's playing old and feeble but maybe secretly hoping to live to be 100? California has lethal injection, which is probably the most humane form of punishment. There are any number of natural causes, e.g. heart attack, Covid-19, that he could die from now that would involve more suffering.
One possible upside I can see to this is for mental health professionals to pick his brain for insights before he dies. But that could happen with either outcome. The other is saving some taxpayer money by avoiding a lengthy trial plus years of waiting for all of his automatic appeals to be exhausted. This makes the most sense to me.
The possible death penalty was an attention getter from the onset.
And he will be in jail for the rest of his life!!!!! Good!!!
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